We all know that exercise is essential to good health. And you also know that the bacteria in your gut are critically important to good health as well. But I would be surprised if, even in your wildest physiology-based dreams, you thought that these two were somehow linked. The benefits of exercise on human health […]
No one has ever accused me of being a friend of the statin class of drugs to lower cholesterol. An entire eBook devoted to the side effects of statins and natural ways to lower cholesterol that do not involve statins pretty much cinches that. Despite all the continued evidence that statin drugs are only minimally […]
I hate to beat a dead horse, especially if he dropped dead from too much aerobic exercise, but society just does not seem to be getting the point about aerobic exercise. Quite frankly, we’re doing too much. I know that many of you are disappointed to hear this. After all, in today’s rush-rush society everyone […]
Should people stretch before exercise? Cast some more dogma out the window!! This is a very interesting review article that looked at whether or not stretching prior to exercise will help to prevent injuries. The bottom line? No. Read the article to understand the author’s review process. wjm — Shrier 174 (4): 282 Read entire […]
While society’s collective exercise conscious has deteriorated, I’m pretty sure we haven’t reached the stage where “typing” is considered vigorous exercise. Given that so many of us are stuck behind a desk all day (I refer to “us,” but luckily my job is constantly up and down) this creates quite the conundrum. We know we […]
